Project at Glance

Client

Baptist Health South Florida

architects

Gresham, Smith and Partners

location

West Kendall, FL

attributes

Healthcare, Medical

Status

in progress

The project consists of a build-out of an off-campus, 24/7 Freestanding Emergency Care Facility (FSECF) in West Kendall, Miami, and it will be the first of its kind to be built by Baptist through-out South Florida.

This building is composed of CMU walls cladded in aluminum composite panels and glazed with Level E missile impact resistant curtain walls, rated to withstand high-velocity hurricane force wind loads. The central clinical area is lit with natural day lighting provided by a clerestory space, which will benefit the patients in the treatment room through glass doors. The building has a main entry covered drive on the north for walk-in patients and a covered ambulance drive for transfer patients on the South. The project also includes a 213-car surface parking lot, a separate exterior stair access for the mechanical penthouse located on the roof, and an emergency power generator with associated enclosure walls.